Justin Duchscherer

CLEVELAND Sonny Gray and Stephen Vogt both took a page from the Nuke LaLoosh quotebook, announcing their presence with authority as they left Cleveland and headed to the All-Star Game. Both are first-time All-Stars, and both have been at the hub of whatever success the A's have had this season. Oakland's All-Star starting pitcher Gray pitched a complete game two-hitter. His catcher, robbed of a homer earlier, hit a two-run shot for all the offense in the A's 2-0 win over the Indians to wind up the pre-All-Star break portion of the schedule. Unlike LaLoosh, played to by Tim Robbins in "Bull Durham" in 1988, neither Gray nor Vogt would bellow to draw notice. Instead...

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